拍 (paak3 paak3*2 | pai1) : clap; pat; strike

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拍

paak3 paak3*2

pai1

[paak3] [1] clap; pat; strike; slap; tap [2] (music) beat [3] shoot; take (picture) [4] [v] cable; wire; telegraph [5] flatter; fawn on

[paak3*2] racket; bat

nasal-stop alternant: 抨 [paang1]

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

拍

This word has been viewed 9988 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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實拍 sat6 paak3 shi2 pai1 = candid photograph; genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)

拍賣 paak3 maai6 pai1 mai4 = to auction

拍戲 paak3 hei3 = make a movie 粵

拍片 paak3 pin3*2 = to shoot a film

拍手 paak3 sau2 pai1 shou3 = to clap one's hands; slapping hand

拍子 paak3*2 zi2; paak3 zi2 pai1 zi5 = bat; racket; a beat, a tempo

自拍 zi6 paak3 zi4 pai1 = self-portrait

自拍照 zi6 paak3 ziu3 zi4 pai1 zhao4 = selfie

拍拖 paak3 to1 = courting; to go out on a date 粵

拍烏蠅 paak3 wu1 jing4*1 = slack business 粵
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Showing all 3 examples containing 拍

我同佢而家冇拍拖粵
I'm not dating her any more.
[Lit. I with her now don't have dating, i.e. we split up. 而家我同佢冇拍拖 is also valid.]

董先生偷拍女朋友的十來歲的女兒洗澡國
Mr. Dong is taking pictures of his girlfriend's teenage daughter bathing without her knowledge.

攞掘頭掃把拍佢扯! 粵
Drive him out with a broomstick!

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 拍
Unicode code for this character: U+62cd (off-site link)

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